Scheduled or As Needed Regimen? a Pilot Feasibility Study on Multimodal Pain Control and Post-Operative Pain
Cape Fear Valley Health System
Summary
The aim of this study is to determine feasibility of a randomized controlled trial and estimates of efficacy for pain control of a scheduled pain regimen versus an as needed pain regimen for participants undergoing same day surgery procedures.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Any outpatient surgeries performed at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center by Dr. Van Fossen during the duration of the study, including: laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic appendectomy, laparoscopic ventral/umbilical/incisional hernia repair, open ventral/umbilical/incisional hernia repair, laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair, open inguinal hernia repair, lumpectomy, sentinel lymph node biopsy, lymph node biopsy, mass excision skin or subcutaneous, diagnostic laparoscopy, laparoscopic lysis of adhesions, pilonidal cyst excision, hemorrhoidectomy, anal fissure/sphinct…
Interventions
- DrugMotrin and narcotic
See described earlier
Location
- Cape Fear Valley Medical CenterFayetteville, North Carolina